Mobile phone operator 3 and the FAI have announced a sponsorship agreement, worth €7.5m over four years, which sees 3 become the primary sponsor of the Irish national football team and all international squads.

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres’ surname was the most popular to feature on replica Premier League shirts printed worldwide last season.

It is the second successive season the Spaniard has been top, while Anfield team-mate Steven Gerrard was second in the top 10 list compiled by SportingiD.

MP & Silva and Arsenal to enter six-year agreement for Arsenal’s digital media rights. International agency to partner Arsenal’s digital arm to collaborate on production and develop the club’s official international multi-platform content

Thomas Cook Sport has extended its travel partnership with Tottenham Hotspur FC for another four years.

The Premier League has once again defied the wider economic climate, with a raft of teams improving the terms of their shirt sponsorship deals for the coming season, to set new financial records